a. [ L. confoederatus, p. p. of confoederare to join by a league; con- + foederare to establish by treaty or league, fr. foedus league, compact. See Federal. ] 1. United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the swords
In Italy, and her confederate arms,
Could not have made this peace. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Amer. Hist.) Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven Southern States of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to establish an independent nation styled the Confederate States of America; as, the Confederate congress; Confederate money. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who is united with others in a league; a person or a nation engaged in a confederacy; an ally; also, an accomplice in a bad sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

He found some of his confederates in gaol. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Amer. Hist.) A name designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Confederated p. pr. & vb. n. Confederating ] To unite in a league or confederacy; to ally. [ 1913 Webster ]

With these the Piercies them confederate. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or covenant; to band together. [ 1913 Webster ]

By words men . . . covenant and confederate. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A confederate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. consideratus, p. p. ] 1. Given to consideration or to sober reflection; regardful of consequences or circumstances; circumspect; careful; esp. careful of the rights, claims, and feelings of others. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of dauntless courage and considerate pride. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Æneas is patient, considerate, and careful of his people. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wisest and most considerate men in the world. Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having respect to; regardful. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They may be . . . more considerate of praise. Dr. H. More.

Syn. -- Thoughtful; reflective; careful; discreet; prudent; deliberate; serious. See Thoughtful.

-- Con*sid"er*ate*ly, adv. -- Con*sid"er*ate*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. kind and considerate regard for others; consideration.
Syn. -- consideration, thoughtfulness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To equal in weight; to counterpoise; to equiponderate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Desiderated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desiderating. ] [ L. desideratus, p. p. of desiderare to desire, miss. See Desire, and cf. Desideratum. ] To desire; to feel the want of; to lack; to miss; to want. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pray have the goodness to point out one word missing that ought to have been there -- please to insert a desiderated stanza. You can not. Prof. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men were beginning . . . to desiderate for them an actual abode of fire. A. W. Ward. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Equi- + L. ponderare to weigh. See Ponderate. ] To be equal in weight; to weigh as much as another thing. Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make equal in weight; to counterbalance. “More than equiponderated the declension in that direction.” De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. foederatus, p. p. of foederare to establish by treaty or league, fr. foedus. See Federal. ] United by compact, as sovereignties, states, or nations; joined in confederacy; leagued; confederate; as, federate nations.
Syn. -- federated. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. United by compact under a central organization, as governments or commercial organizations.
Syn. -- federate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. immoderatus; pref. im- not + moderatus moderate. See Moderate. ] Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as, immoderate demands; immoderate grief; immoderate laughter. [ 1913 Webster ]

So every scope by the immoderate use
Turns to restraint. Shak.

Syn. -- Excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; extravagant; intemperate; inordinate. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an immoderate manner; excessively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being immoderate; excess; extravagance. Puller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inconsideratus. See In- not, and Considerate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not considerate; not attentive to safety or to propriety; not regarding the rights or feelings of others; hasty; careless; thoughtless; heedless; as, the young are generally inconsiderate; inconsiderate conduct. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is a very unhappy token of our corruption, that there should be any so inconsiderate among us as to sacrifice morality to politics. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inconsiderable. [ Obs. ] E. Terry.

Syn. -- Thoughtless; inattentive; inadvertent; heedless; negligent; improvident; careless; imprudent; indiscreet; incautious; injudicious; rash; hasty. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an inconsiderate manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being inconsiderate. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as, the wind has moderated. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To preside as a moderator. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dr. Barlow [ was ] engaged . . . to moderate for him in the divinity disputation. Bp. Barlow's Remains (1693). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Moderated p. pr. & vb. n. Moderating. ] 1. To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within bounds; to make temperate; to lessen; to allay; to repress; to temper; to qualify; as, to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.; to moderate heat or wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

By its astringent quality, it moderates the relaxing quality of warm water. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

To moderate stiff minds disposed to strive. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting or a discussion; as, to moderate a synod; to moderate a debate. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ L. moderatus, p. p. of moderate, moderati, to moderate, regulate, control, fr. modus measure. See Mode. ] Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained; as: (a) Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as, moderate in eating or drinking; a moderate table. (b) Limited in degree of activity, energy, or excitement; reasonable; calm; slow; as, moderate language; moderate endeavors. (c) Not extreme in opinion, in partisanship, and the like; as, a moderate Calvinist; a moderate Republican. [ 1913 Webster ]

A number of moderate members managed . . . to obtain a majority in a thin house. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

(d) Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a moderate winter. “Moderate showers.” Walter. (e) Limited as to degree of progress; as, to travel at moderate speed. (f) Limited as to the degree in which a quality, principle, or faculty appears; as, an infusion of moderate strength; a man of moderate abilities. (g) Limited in scope or effects; as, a reformation of a moderate kind. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a party in the Church of Scotland in the 18th century, and part of the 19th, professing moderation in matters of church government, in discipline, and in doctrine. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having elements or qualities mixed in proper or suitable proportions; especially, made less severe. Contrasted with harsh.
Syn. -- qualified, tempered. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adv. In a moderate manner or degree; to a moderate extent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Each nymph but moderately fair. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being moderate; temperateness; moderation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To have weight or influence. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. ponderatus, p. p. of ponderare. See Ponder. ] To consider; to ponder. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Preponderated p. pr. & vb. n. Preponderating. ] [ L. praeponderatus, p. p. of praeponderare; prae before + ponderare to weigh, fr., pondus, ponderis, a weight. See Ponder. ] 1. To outweigh; to overpower by weight; to exceed in weight; to overbalance. [ 1913 Webster ]

An inconsiderable weight, by distance from the center of the balance, will preponderate greater magnitudes. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To overpower by stronger or moral power. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cause to prefer; to incline; to decide. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The desire to spare Christian blood preponderates him for peace. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To exceed in weight; hence, to incline or descend, as the scale of a balance; figuratively, to exceed in influence, power, etc.; hence; to incline to one side; as, the affirmative side preponderated. [ 1913 Webster ]

That is no just balance in which the heaviest side will not preponderate. Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sideratus, p. p. of siderari to be blasted by a constellation, fr. sidus, sideris, a constellation. ] Planet-struck; blasted. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The office or position of a stadtholder. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To wiegh over and above. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inconsiderate; heedless; careless. [ Obs. ] Daniel. -- Un`con*sid"er*ate*ness, n. [Obs.] Hales. [1913 Webster]